Play Centre Court for Free

The reels of this sporty slot machine are centred around the high octane world of tennis. This means that players can rally back and forth during the normal game with game icons which include some pro-looking tennis players. For example, the least valuable of these symbols is a female tennis player hitting a forehand shot. Going up in lucrativeness is a male player hitting a backhand slice, then another female making a fierce backhand, followed by a male player smashing a wining ace down the line. The most valuable normal symbol is the Match Point icon, which will multiply the coins on that line by 800 if you find 5 in a row.

The graphics themselves are actually quite basic in their stylised 2D form and it would be nice to see them spring into life with some animations whenever they form to make a winning combination. There is some animation, however, when you line up the game's wild and scatter icons. The former of these is a trophy which will complete winning combinations by substituting for other game symbols apart from the tennis ball scatter. This scatter is definitely worth fetching because 2 or more will score you points even if they don't line up on a pay line.

You don't necessarily need to have a 100mph serve to score an ace with Centre Court. In fact, you can even take a spectator's seat with the autoplay feature on expert mode which will spin the reels for an epic baseline rally of 500 spins.

But before you get out the strawberries and cream, you will have to choose a total bet amount. This is determined by 3 variable factors: the amount of paylines in play, the number of coins placed as a wager on each active line, and the size of the coins. To alter these, you simply have to toggle the (-) and (+) buttons underneath the relevant values that appear beneath thegame's 5 reels. Even though the game only has 9 paylines with a possible 10 coins per line, there are plenty of coin denominations with which to experiment with until you find the right size of bet to fit your strategy. These coins are: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20, and 0.25.

Take your tennis game to another level with the free spins bonus round. This is activated whenever 3 or more tennis ball scatters appear, giving players 18 free spins during which all wins will be subject to a mystery multiplier up to 5x. If you have to stamina to keep up with the action then you might benefit even more, because these free spins can be retriggered if another 3 scatters turn up.

You have to take risks in the game of tennis if you want to succeed, perhaps by playing a risky drop shot or going for a cheeky lob. That is no different in this slot machine, because sometimes in order to boost your winnings, you will have to go for a risky gamble. This extra side game can be started after any winning spin by clicking the “Gamble” button. Doing this will take you to a separate side screen where you will see a turned over playing card. All you have to do is guess the card's colour to double the winnings. Alternatively, you could try to guess the correct suit to quadruple the winnings. Guess wrongly, and you will slice your winnings out of play!

This tennis themed slot machine from Microgaming is a must for any sports fans out there with its high octane spinning action and potentially profitably free spins feature. Other than that, this is a fairly bog-standard 9 pay line video slot. The fact is that the winnings won't necessarily come your way as thick and fast as they do on other slot machines out there. It may not quite be a smash hit, but for tennis fans, it will undoubtedly serve up some fun. Try it now at Kaboo casino.